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Patented Sept. 11, 1934 UNITED s'iiiresv ENGINE MGUNTING Erving R. Gurney, Sea Cliff, N. Y., assignor to International Motor Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application November Z6, 1932, Serial No. 644,455

2 Claims.

The present application is a continuation in part of applicants copending application, Ser. No. 449,396 for Bus body without chassis, led May 3, 1930, now Patent No. 1,892,666.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved form of engine mounting whereby the engine of a vehicle may be mounted directly upon the spring mountings, in this manner irnparting the stresses incident to driving the vebicle directly upon the spring and mounting elements and isolating the frame stresses incident to weaving thereof.

Further objects, not specifically enumerated above, will be apparent as the invention is described in greater detail in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, partly broken away and in section, showing a vehicle constructed in accordance with the present in- Vention.

Figure 2 is a View in front elevation, partly broken away and in section, showing the manner in which the engine is mounted upon the vehicle frame.

Figure 3 is a View in section, takenon line 3-3 of Figure 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation, showing an engine mounting constructed in accordance with `the present invention and applied to a frame of different character than the frame shown in Figure l.

Figure 5 is a view in section, taken on line 5 5 of Figure 4, and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the above drawings, a vehicle body is shown at l having a hood 2 and radiator 3 as in the conventional form. An engine 4 is mounted within the hood and is carried by forward frame members 5 which extend rearwardly and are secured to a plurality of transverse sections to be described hereinafter. In order that the engine may be isolated as far as possible from the vehicle body, it is mounted substantially di- In this manner, the engine is relieved of the weaving stresses which are usually transmitted thereto from the body and the body likewise is relieved from the stresses set up by the engine under various conditions. To effect the mounting in the above manner, the forward springs 6 are mounted at their ends in brackets 7 which are secured to the frame members 5. Housings 8 are formed upon the brackets and provided with two compartments 9 and 10. In these compartments, blocks (Cl. ISO-64) of yielding non-metallic material 11 and 12 are provided, respectively, suitable openings 13 and 14 being provided in the housings to receive the ends of' the springs 6 and the ends of an engine mounting bracket 15, respectively. In this manner, the engine is mounted substantially directly upon the springs and the frame is thus relieved of the static as well as torsional stresses so frequently set up thereby.

In the construction shown in Figures 4 and 5, an engine 16 is mounted upon a vehicle frame 17 by means of front and rear yokes 18 and 19, re spectively. The ends of the front yoke are received in brackets 20 which are secured to the forward end of frame 17 while the ends of yoke 19 are secured in brackets 21 which are mounted upon frame 17 rearwardly of the brackets 20. The particular form of spring suspension illustrated forms no part of the present invention but is covered in applicants Patent No. 1,908,751 granted May 16, 1933, and therefore will not be described in further detail than to state that a rocking spring 22 is journaled upon an extension 23 upon each end of the yoke 19 and serves as an equalizing spring between springs 26. This extension 23 thus serves not only as a bearing member for the vengine but also as a bearing for the rocking spring 22 which is journaled thereto by means of a bracket 24. The ends of spring 22 are secured to brackets 25' which are mounted intermediate the ends of springs 26. The adjacent ends of springs 26 are journaled upon bracket 21. The forward end of forward spring 26 is secured to bracket 20 by means of a link 27, while the rearward end of rear spring 26 is secured to a bracket 28 through a link 29. The axles are secured to the brackets 25 intermediate the ends of the springs 26.

Brackets 20 thus serve as a mounting means I for the forward ends of forward springs 26, as 95 well as a support for the forward end of engine 16, while brackets 21 serve as a mounting for the springs 22 and 26, as well as for the rearward end of engine 16. In this connection the ends of yoke 19 serve as a journal support for the engine, as well as a bearing for the rocking springs.

While the invention has been described with specific reference to the accompanying drawings, it is not to be limited, save as dened in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A vehicle having an engine, a frame, and a plurality of springs at each side of the frame for mounting the engine and associated running gear on the frame, a plurality of means to mount im gear on the frame, a plurality of brackets on each side of the frame to mount the springs on the frame, mounting means on the engine journaled in certain of the brackets on each side of the frame, arms on the engine and journaled in other of the brackets on each side of the frame, and means including the arms to journal certain of the springs on each side of the frame on the last named brackets.

ERVING R. GURNEY. 

